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authorJonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com>2018-04-30 17:55:12 +0100
committerJonathan Wakely <redi@gcc.gnu.org>2018-04-30 17:55:12 +0100
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Clarify documentation for -fpie and -fPIE
* doc/invoke.texi (-fpie, -fPIE): Fix grammar and clarify interaction with -pie. From-SVN: r259774
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@@ -13094,10 +13094,10 @@ are defined to 2.
@itemx -fPIE
@opindex fpie
@opindex fPIE
-These options are similar to @option{-fpic} and @option{-fPIC}, but
-generated position independent code can be only linked into executables.
-Usually these options are used when @option{-pie} GCC option is
-used during linking.
+These options are similar to @option{-fpic} and @option{-fPIC}, but the
+generated position-independent code can be only linked into executables.
+Usually these options are used to compile code that will be linked using
+the @option{-pie} GCC option.
@option{-fpie} and @option{-fPIE} both define the macros
@code{__pie__} and @code{__PIE__}. The macros have the value 1